03960nam 2200709za 450 991081195550332120250403114631.09781444343434 (ebook)9781405192828 (hbk.)9786613178251978128317825912831782579781444343434144434343297814443434031444343408(CKB)2550000000041243(PPN)155667890(EBL)819305(OCoLC)747411980(SSID)ssj0000527499(PQKBManifestationID)11327423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000527499(PQKBWorkID)10544606(PQKB)11068146(MiAaPQ)EBC819305(EXLCZ)99255000000004124320131230d2011 uy 0engur|n|nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLearning the city knowledge and translocal assemblage /Colin McFarlane1st ed.Chichester Wiley-Blackwell20111 online resource (xi, 218 p.) illRGS-IBG book series ;569781405192811 140519281X 9781405192828 1405192828 Introduction -- 1 Learning Assemblages; Introduction; Translation: Distribution, Practice and Comparison; Coordinating Learning; Dwelling and Perception; Assemblage Space; Conclusion -- 2 Assembling the Everyday: Incremental Urbanism and Tactical Learning; Introduction; Incremental Urbanism; Learning the Unknown City: Street Children in Mumbai; Learning, Rhythm, Space; Tactical Learning; Conclusion -- 3 Learning Social Movements: Tactics, Urbanism and Politics; Introduction; Knowing Social Movements; Global Slumming; The Housing Assemblage: Materializing Learning; Learning and Representation: Counting the Poor; Entrepreneurial Learning; Conclusion -- 4 Urban Learning Forums; Introduction; Uncertain Forums; Dialogic Urban Forums; Translocalism and Translation; Conclusion -- 5 Travelling Policies, Ideological Assemblages; Introduction; Translating Policy; Comparative Learning: Translation and Colonial Urbanism; Ideology and Postwar Urban Planning; Neoliberal Urban Learning Assemblages; Ideology and Explanation: Beyond Diffusionist Story-Making; Conclusion -- 6 A Critical Geography of Urban Learning; Introduction; The Actual and the Possible; Agency and Critical Learning; Assemblage and the Critical Learning Imaginary; Postcolonial Urban Learning?; Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and developing a progressive international urbanism. Presents a distinct approach to conceptualising the city through the lens of urban learning; Integrates fieldwork conducted in Mumbai's informal settlements with debates on urban policy, political economy, and development; Considers how knowledge and learning are conceived and created in cities; Addresses the way knowledge travels and opportunities for learning about urbanism between North and South.RGS-IBG book series ;56UrbanizationSocial aspectsSocial learningSocial epistemologyUrbanizationSocial aspects.Social learning.Social epistemology.303.32SOC042000bisacshMcFarlane Colin1979-903459Royal Geographical Society.AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910811955503321Learning the city4077526UNINA